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revengeance

revengeance noun: vengeance; revenge.

Noun

revengeance (countable and uncountable, plural revengeances)

  1. (archaic, humorous, nonstandard, sometimes) Vengeance; revenge.
    • And if you want to sing a mocking, dark, moralistic song...well, that's just the icing on the cake. It's their just desserts, really. “And those, my protégé, are my three revengeances.”2018, Best Tardy, Beware the Stars, →ISBN, page 480

Forms of revengeance

pluralrevengeances

Origin of revengeance

From revenge + vengeance.

Questions about revengeance

What does revengeance mean?
Revengeance means vengeance; revenge.
What part of speech is revengeance?
Revengeance is a noun.
What is the plural of revengeance?
The plural of revengeance is revengeances.

Words near revengeance in the dictionary

  1. revenge travels
  2. revenge-quit
  3. revenge-quits
  4. revenge-quitting
  5. revengeable
  6. revengeance
  7. revengeances
  8. revenged
  9. revengeful
  10. revengefully
  11. revengefulness

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